Does anyone else's local radio station...

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

I ask because mine has recently started it, playing the full CD albeit it usually out of order for some reason. They tend to start it at 2 a.m. when Loveline ends but tonight they're starting in about 2 minutes. Probably because they're playing the full new Metallica album and thats guaranteed to pull in listeners. Anyways, I found this a bit odd and was wondering if anyone elses station had started doing this or already been doing it for some time?

 

Well? Anyone?

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

I know the local station used to play a lot of new releases in full. I haven't listened to the radio in maybe 5 years, so I don't know if it's still done. My dad told me once they used to do it in the 70s too.

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

Hm, unusual, I'd think it'd be illegal, in the same sense, I guess they can't really monitor every station nation wide or whatever.

[Guest El Satanico]

I don't know why it would be illegal unless the band's contract said something concerning that or they only sent singles and the DJ is playing a personal copy.

 

My local stations have never done that. Hell I'd settle for them playing a song off the album that isn't a hit single. Well the classic rock station takes requests at noon, but that and early sundays are the only time major stations play non hit singles.

[Guest Lethargic]

One of our stations used to play 3 full albums back to back to back every Sunday at midnight. It was usually one new one and then just two random classic albums. I got a LOT of free albums that way. They became a country station later on and quit doing it.

[Guest The Amazing Rando]

I've never heard a WHOLE album locally...but one night I heard a big chunk of Queen's Greatest Hits...in order

[Guest redbaron51]

yep.

 

when Audioslave released their first album, they played the full album.

 

Around 10:00 every friday usually they play a whole album as well (usually live, or signifigant albums)

 

Sometimes they play half an album (last week was Black Sabbath's Paranoid and also Led Zeppelin III)

[Guest kingkamala]

The local classic rock station plays classic album sides once or twice a week which is frikking awesome . I've only heard them play entire albums a few times, they always play Alice's Restaraunt by Arlo Guthrie every Thanksgiving and they played Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon a month or two ago on the 30th anniversary of the album's release.

[Guest Flyboy]

The only radio station I ever heard done that is the college one that Incandenza DJs at... he played one of The Roots' album in full.